Ch 22

What is another term for a snapshot?

Checkpoint

What term refers a large number of networked, virtualized servers combined with a powerful front end?

Cloud computing

Which of these tools is considered a Web application?

Dropbox

Virtualization and Emulation are the same thing when it comes to computers. True or False

False

Virtualization software cannot run on a computer running an AMD processor. True or False

False

Which VMware product is used on macOS?

Fusion

What is another term for a virtual machine?

Guest

A physical system that runs specialized virtualization software is called a(n) ________________.

Host

What is a popular VMM in the Linux world?

KVM

Which operating system, when added as a virtual machine, requires a separate, licensed copy?

Microsoft Windows

Choose the two correct virtualization programs that run in a Macintosh environment.

Parallels VMWare Fusion

What is a virtualization product that works on macOS?

Parrallels Desktop VMware Fusion

What important benefit of virtualization provides significant cost savings in utility usage?

Power savings

Consolidating a system's physical and time resources is known as ________________.

Resource pooling

A point-in-time backup of a virtual machine is called a _______________.

Snapshot

The term virtual desktop commonly refers to the multiple desktop environments you can access in modern operating systems, such as clicking the _______________ in Windows 10 and going to a second desktop.

Task View icon

Which vendor was the first to release virtualization software?

VMWare

What company makes ESXi?

VMware

Which company was one of the earliest to make hypervisors, and arguably the one that put PC virtualization on the map?

VMware

Which of these virtualization products is a commercial product (i.e., not free)?

VMware Fusion

Virtualization occurs when a ________________ running specialized software creates environments within unique single files that _______________ other computers.

single computer; replicate

Using Cloud-based features, you can easily expand the number of servers, even spread them out geographically, with just a click of the switch. This ability is called _______________.

rapid elasticity

VMware's ESXi is an example of a(n) _______________.

bare-metal hypervisor

Cloud file storage services, like Dropbox and Box allow people to move to the cloud for some of their storage needs. These services include _______________ with their desktop versions, so that you can easily have the same version of every file in multiple places (desktop, laptop, online).

synchronization apps

Software or hardware that converts the commands to and from the host machine into an entirely different platform is known as a(n) ________________.

emulator

Intel's VT-x and AMD's AMD-V are examples of _______________.

hardware virtualization support

What is the name of Microsoft's Virtualization Technology currently used in Server packages and Windows 10?

Hyper-V

What does the abbreviation IaaS stand for?

Infrastructure as a Service

What are the three main virtualization technology vendors mentioned in the course material?

Microsoft VMWare Oracle

Client Side Virtualization is best described as?

a virtual machine running on a local system.

Which hypervisor runs in Windows, macOS, and Linux hosts?

VirtualBox

What is one of the advantages of Software as a Service?

You do not have to install the software.

Virtual environments are stored as _______________.

a set of files